Culture
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To publish or not to publish?
Terrorism, political extremism, Donald Trump, social media and the phenomenon of “cancel culture” are confronting journalists with a range of…
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The Erasmus Perfidy
With all the deception, delusions and lies that the post-2016 Brexit era has normalized it should not really have come…
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Racists tried to ban this book. How ironic that Ireland might now shun it
To Kill a Mockingbird is part of many Irish childhoods. Should it supply moral instruction? Niamh Mulvey The Irish Times…
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‘No migrants here!’: the Galway families transplanted to Meath’s Gaeltacht colony
Twenty-four families boarded two buses in Clonbur, Co Galway on March 29th, 1940, to make new homes as part of…
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How a lost manuscript revealed the first poets of Italian literature
That was the world of the early Italian Renaissance during the second half of the 15th century. Maria Clotilde Camboni…
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Magic, culture and stalactites: how Aboriginal perspectives are transforming archaeological histories
In 1971, Cloggs Cave was rediscovered near the town of Buchan in East Gippsland, Victoria. Authors The Conversation By the…
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Universities to lose world ranking: Australian Catholic University vice-chancellor Greg Craven
In his last interview before leaving ACU after 13 years in charge, Professor Craven says universities’ $7bn over-reliance on Chinese…
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George Orwell is out of copyright. What happens now?
George Orwell died at University College Hospital, London, on 21 January 1950 at the early age of 46. DJ Taylor…
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Archbishop denounces RTÉ NYE show’s satirical report accusing God of rape
Catholic Primate Archbishop Eamon Martin has called for removal from the RTÉ Player of an “outrageous clip” broadcast during its…
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What is cultural burning?
How do Aboriginal experts use fire to care for their land? Miki Perkins Brisbane Times Acool, gentle, creeping fire came…
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‘She is beautiful but she is Indian’: The student who became a Welsh bard at 19
And although racial prejudice brought a heartbreaking end to a three-year relationship she never went home, writes Andrew Whitehead. BBC…
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Well preserved ‘fast food’ bar unearthed in Pompeii
Researchers discovered a frescoed thermopolium, Latin for hot drinks counter, in an exceptional state of preservation in Pompeii. SBS News…
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How Greek musicians weathered an economic crisis could help UK performers handle COVID fall-out
Opening a virtual concert in support of music workers, his words were emotional – but firm: Ioannis Tsioulakis The Conversation…
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Decoding the music masterpieces: Handel’s Messiah oratorio, composed in just 24 days
It’s a tradition worth noticing, as the Messiah was originally composed as an Easter offering, first performed in Dublin on…
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Review: David Byrne’s American Utopia is a film honouring the love of the live performance
We had travelled south from Brisbane to see show number 141 of a 143-date world tour of David Byrne’s American…
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Not a day passes without thinking about race: what African migrants told us about parenting in Australia
Our study, published in the journal Child and Family Social Work, found it complicates parenting in ways that non-Black parents…
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